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Beats Audio

Hi guys, one of my friend has the sensation xe and it has beats audio, am I right? I'm curious about what is the difference between beats audio and normal audio. Anyone care to explain?
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matthewsucks said:
Hi guys, one of my friend has the sensation xe and it has beats audio, am I right? I'm curious about what is the difference between beats audio and normal audio. Anyone care to explain?
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It's basically Dr. Dre's idea of what EQ settings you should have when some Beats Audio high performance equipment is plugged in. Your friends phone will detect the Beats headphones (somehow) and Beats Audio will apply a certain EQ.
There are a few ports being tested which will work with any headphones, although it remains to be seen if this is actually a benefit or a marketing gimmick. Forcing an EQ designed for a specific set of headphones may not have a desirable effect when pluggin in some cheap £20 Sony's!

wnp_79 said:
It's basically Dr. Dre's idea of what EQ settings you should have when some Beats Audio high performance equipment is plugged in. Your friends phone will detect the Beats headphones (somehow) and Beats Audio will apply a certain EQ.
There are a few ports being tested which will work with any headphones, although it remains to be seen if this is actually a benefit or a marketing gimmick. Forcing an EQ designed for a specific set of headphones may not have a desirable effect when pluggin in some cheap £20 Sony's!
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Dr. Dre's idea of making money
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Oh. So if I can figure out the eq settings, I will get the effects of beats audio?
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dan-fish said:
Dr. Dre's idea of making money
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Dr Dre's and HTC's idea of being down with the kids and making money at the same time!
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@wnp_79
The jury is still out on whether there is actually any real audio benefit with normal headphones, please fell free to correct me someone!

ben_pyett said:
Dr Dre's and HTC's idea of being down with the kids and making money at the same time!
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@wnp_79
The jury is still out on whether there is actually any real audio benefit with normal headphones, please fell free to correct me someone!
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Yes it's not like beats audio means it has any special audio processing hardware. It is simply an EQ tailored to get the "best" sound out of a specific set of headphones. If you are not planning on using Beats headphones, then it is kinda redundant. I'm simply curious to see if this EQ is better than my custom one using PowerAmp.
I have yet to test it myself, but I would imagine that unless you are planning on splashing out £100+ on Beats headphones, you are best of sticking with using PowerAmp and it's awesome equaliser to tune the sound to best suit the headphones you already have. Much Cheaper! Since we are on the topic, I can highly recommend the a-Jays One. IMO you'll not get a better sound for £20! Plus the cable is truly tangle-free! I'd have been very happy with these had they cost me £60.
(Also wins the prize for the most over-packaged product I've ever bought. The case is good for keeping anything you want to survive the nuclear apocolypse.)
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/a-jays-one-heavy-bass-impact-earphones-p25661.htm
Check out the reviews. Especially the one from 'Will' from Nottingham!
Who is the man with the master plan?

Can anyone think of good replacement headphones for the desire s ? Mine have broken lol
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sayeed91 said:
Can anyone think of good replacement headphones for the desire s ? Mine have broken lol
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read the post above, you muppet!

Thanks for the tip with the jays.
As my htc headset broke I will try them. But I think I will wait for the a-jays one+.

Seinheisser cx300/400 or 500. Good sound and they sell cheap on Ebay

nnila said:
Seinheisser cx300/400 or 500. Good sound and they sell cheap on Ebay
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I wouldn't get them from ebay. Always buy decent headphones from a reliable company
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I feel a audio differnce with normal headpones.!
It boost the quality
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Nothing can replace to it

Personal Opinion!
I am sorry but this is a scam.... I don't see no difference in sound... it's pure marketing if you have sound quality boost only by software, certain EQ setting,if you will, which works only in native Music Player for HTC WTF BTW????
I hate native music player... very limited (for example, NO FLAC support, CUE sheets ... and many more features)...
PowerAmp and/or PlayerPro, maybe both
Just wanna say one thing!
Dump box HTC headset, poor sound quality... buy something else...
google it
Have bought recently Sennheiser CX300 and I must say that the sound quality improved very much

hoodedman said:
I am sorry but this is a scam.... I don't see no difference in sound... it's pure marketing if you have sound quality boost only by software, certain EQ setting,if you will, which works only in native Music Player for HTC WTF BTW????
I hate native music player... very limited (for example, NO FLAC support, CUE sheets ... and many more features)...
PowerAmp and/or PlayerPro, maybe both
Just wanna say one thing!
Dump box HTC headset, poor sound quality... buy something else...
google it
Have bought recently Sennheiser CX300 and I must say that the sound quality improved very much
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You cannot tell a differnce without any headphones plugged in. But with headphones and beats turned on, it certainly makes a difference
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ben_pyett said:
Dr Dre's and HTC's idea of being down with the kids and making money at the same time!
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@wnp_79
The jury is still out on whether there is actually any real audio benefit with normal headphones, please fell free to correct me someone!
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Ben, I got myself a pair of monster beats in-canal earphones recently and I have to tell you even standalone they are great. But with the beats mod they the sound is heavenly.
I'm opposed to marketing gimmicks by principle and was skeptical at first.
But after listening to a pair of these AND comparing them to a set of Bose headphones at the same mall I concluded these are much better for the kind of music I'm used to.
However we have to remember that audio perception is a subjective feeling and not everybody may have the same taste.
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enigmaamit said:
Ben, I got myself a pair of monster beats in-canal earphones recently and I have to tell you even standalone they are great. But with the beats mod they the sound is heavenly. I'm opposed to marketing gimmicks by principle and was skeptical at first. However we have to remember that audio perception is a subjective feeling and not everybody may have the same taste..
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may be you can look here
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@BLD
Good to read a substantial review, with some actual detail, although still early and HTC could (or do I mean SHOULD) add additional hardware to later devices which could further improve the sound output from their devices, in fact to add weight to the Beats link-up it might be a good idea to do so, so as not to lose too much cred, no one feels like they're being taken for a fool.
@enigmaamit
I think your comments just prove that the better your headphone the better the music sounds!

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olyloh6696 said:
You cannot tell a differnce without any headphones plugged in. But with headphones and beats turned on, it certainly makes a difference
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"Beats" is a EQ software upgrade, as I understood, supported by native Music player... It is the same if you turn on an EQ function in your PlayerPro of PowerAmp... for me Beats has no purpose in my phone....
It's like.... "Heeey, it is the same phone with the same hardware and it has a autoEQ called Beats, and it is black'n'red in color, with cool headset.... please pay a fortune!!!" WTF!
UPDATE: (just read this review... kinda stepped on that one )
"The Beats Audio software isn't complete marketing vapor, but it's still inherently gimmicky and adds nothing in the XE's favor: you could achieve a better result on the original Sensation simply by downloading a third-party music player that lets you play with the EQ settings yourself. The only thing which might sway us to by the Sensation XE over its predecessor is the packaged YourBeats headphones, coupled with the red styling on the phone....."
- from the Sensation XE review

New nexus with beats audio?

Im sure we've all seen the 10 predictions about 2012 and how HTC will be making the new jellybean phone because Samsung is too busy with the nexus tablet.
My question is if HTC does make the jellybean nexus would you want it to beats audio if so why or why not and would it be a dealbreaker to you staining the only bloatware free phone?
I personly would like them to make it more than just an EQ setting if they insist on putting it on the nexus

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Im sure we've all seen the 10 predictions about 2012 and how HTC will be making the new jellybean phone because Samsung is too busy with the nexus tablet.
My question is if HTC does make the jellybean nexus would you want it to beats audio if so why or why not and would it be a dealbreaker to you staining the only bloatware free phone?
I personly would like them to make it more than just an EQ setting if they insist on putting it on the nexus
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HELL to the NO. Beats doesn't do jack. It's overpriced garbage for crappy sound quality. Plus it just makes our favorite high end devices cost even more money. Want real EQ capabilities? Try out Poweramp or DSP manager. Want actual good sound quality? Try out an old Samsung Galaxy device like an infuse with that Wolfson DAC. I'm still pissed Samsung went for the crappy Yamaha and ditched the Wolfson with the GSII.

Yeah leave the beats stuff out of the nexus. I'm pretty excited if HTC is really making the new device, hopefully they ditch qualcomm and get an omap with the new powerVR gpu.
Other than that I wish it not to but uber thick like htc's most recent offerings. Maybe like a revamped nexus one body?
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Beats makes everything overpriced. I'm quite happy without it.
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Let's take wal-mart quality headphones and mask the terrible sound quality with reverberations that are likely extremely unhealthy in such close proximity to your eardrums. Then, we'll market them with the name of a rapper who's greatest contribution is a piece of white trash with mommy issues out of the trailer park and having him rap out of his nose... Yeah, sounds like the kind of company HTC might sign up with.

I must be in the minority as I like it. I don't use the stock player much but I did test it out and have a set or Dre headphones and it does make a difference. But unless that is your thing it most likely isn't for you. Beats out my old galaxy s any day of the week.

Hell no!
Voodoo or GTFO.
Also Beats is only a software thing, easily replaceable with PowerAMP.

41LY45 said:
Hell no!
Voodoo or GTFO.
Also Beats is only a software thing, easily replaceable with PowerAMP.
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Had voodoo sound on my old galaxy and the Samsung needed it badly lol. Power amp is my main player but foe those that stay stock beats is not that bad.

I'm on a headphone audiophile forum and anything Beats related is recognized as utter crap. It's horrible bass boosting software that makes you say bye bye to a flat, natural response curve. Beyond that, while it increases the impact of the bass, it muddies it up because the sub bass is overwhelmed by the hit of the others.
I don't want to go into it because the discussions are lengthy (but fascinating), but essentially the people who known what they're talking about know that Beats is junk.
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z33dev33l said:
Let's take wal-mart quality headphones and mask the terrible sound quality with reverberations that are likely extremely unhealthy in such close proximity to your eardrums. Then, we'll market them with the name of a rapper who's greatest contribution is a piece of white trash with mommy issues out of the trailer park and having him rap out of his nose... Yeah, sounds like the kind of company HTC might sign up with.
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Dr. Dre actually did alot more for music than discover eminem. He is one of the great producers of our time, and The Chronic 2001 is one of the greatest albums ever...and HTC did it as a business move, and you know what? It worked. It marketed the phones to a whole new group.

lowandbehold said:
Dr. Dre actually did alot more for music than discover eminem. He is one of the great producers of our time, and The Chronic 2001 is one of the greatest albums ever...and HTC did it as a business move, and you know what? It worked. It marketed the phones to a whole new group.
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It did work. They realized kids were getting smartphones at a lower and lower age and kids/teens love Beats because it makes them "cool". Lets think about if HTC would've teamed up with Audio Technica, Sennheiser, etc. It wouldn't have NEAR the effect as it has with having Beats.

slapshot30 said:
It did work. They realized kids were getting smartphones at a lower and lower age and kids/teens love Beats because it makes them "cool". Lets think about if HTC would've teamed up with Audio Technica, Sennheiser, etc. It wouldn't have NEAR the effect as it has with having Beats.
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Exactly. With most of society it is the name that sells. Honestly, there are alot of things that I buy because I am dedicated to a brand. Shoes, jeans, cars...we all have brands that we favor. It was a business move, and a damn good one.

z33dev33l said:
Let's take wal-mart quality headphones and mask the terrible sound quality with reverberations that are likely extremely unhealthy in such close proximity to your eardrums. Then, we'll market them with the name of a rapper who's greatest contribution is a piece of white trash with mommy issues out of the trailer park and having him rap out of his nose... Yeah, sounds like the kind of company HTC might sign up with.
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You Mad Bro?
First of all, regardless of who Beats are marketed by, they are made by MonsterCable. In case you were unaware MonsterCable makes some of the highest quality studio cables and other audio engineering equipment on the market today.

optimus x said:
You Mad Bro?
First of all, regardless of who Beats are marketed by, they are made by MonsterCable. In case you were unaware MonsterCable makes some of the highest quality studio cables and other audio engineering equipment on the market today.
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Meh... Monster is overpriced. Hence why beats are overpriced too. And if they make such great audio equip then why would they have the abomination beats? Sound quality worth half (if not less than half) of the retail price.
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Why is always Samsung and HTC doing Nexus Things? Why Sony Ericsson or Motorola (I don't like them really much) don't have a chance. For the Nexus Tablet, why don't give a change to Sony or Asus?

slapshot30 said:
Meh... Monster is overpriced. Hence why beats are overpriced too. And if they make such great audio equip then why would they have the abomination beats? Sound quality worth half (if not less than half) of the retail price.
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Doesn't seem like they are too over priced if people are buying and they are selling.
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djxcee said:
Doesn't seem like they are too over priced if people are buying and they are selling.
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The very same point could be made regarding the iPhone. It's not the best out there but it's the most well known.

djxcee said:
Doesn't seem like they are too over priced if people are buying and they are selling.
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!?!?!? You serious? Look at the iPhone. People will buy anything even if they are misguided and think its the best thing ever. That's a terrible point you made. You really think the general public is that intelligent?
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wow thats great

z33dev33l said:
Let's take wal-mart quality headphones and mask the terrible sound quality with reverberations that are likely extremely unhealthy in such close proximity to your eardrums. Then, we'll market them with the name of a rapper who's greatest contribution is a piece of white trash with mommy issues out of the trailer park and having him rap out of his nose... Yeah, sounds like the kind of company HTC might sign up with.
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oh cmon dr dre has been around since the 80s and is responsible for many great albums/tracks. Sure beats suck, but what do you expect from monster?

What is "Beats"

Hi everyone! Does anyone knows what is "Beats Audio"? Is it only software feature of hardware-based?

LCF_R said:
Hi everyone! Does anyone knows what is "Beats Audio"? Is it only software feature of hardware-based?
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It's software based. Gives a reasonable sound, adds a lot of bass.

IMO, beats is amazing.... On even a decent stereo it sounds terrific..
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Beats are for clowns that like "dat boom ba boom boom boom, dat super bass!" You'll most likely turn it off when you get the phone since it doesnt add anything of value to the sound.
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ECEXCURSION,
I'm think so. If it just "EQ Preset" - i'd like to delete this setting from firmware at all. What should I do for this?
P.S. Sorry for my bad English.

To turn it off you can simply click the red beats circle in the notification bar when playing music. I don't know how to remove it from the ROM entirely. I do know some ROMs in the developer forum have removed it, so you could just use one of those.
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Beats isn't just for junk like "B.e.p" ... I'm a death metal and industrial man through and through ... And people who say it doesn't " ADD" anything to the phone apparently haven't tried " Beats " on a WILD CHILD Rom
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Sorry but I work in audio and it is my professional opinion and that of practically everyone else in the industry that anything Beats is absolute garbage. Yes, it is entirely subjective what sounds good and what doesn't but I guarantee that not a single artist would tell you that their music is meant to be played through anything Beats. Well, except for a handful of rap artists but who cares about their opinions, amirite?
PSA- Beats is junk and lots of bass =/= good sound.
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PSA- haters will hate
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LCF_R said:
ECEXCURSION,
I'm think so. If it just "EQ Preset" - i'd like to delete this setting from firmware at all. What should I do for this?
P.S. Sorry for my bad English.
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If you're rooted and have titanium backup do this.
First disable the beats setting.
Then go into titantium backup and delete "Htcbeatsnotify"(Or something to that effect"
Boom, beats will be gone.

robertmoore208 said:
PSA- haters will hate
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It's not a personal attack. A lot of people are quick to anger because they are under the impression that people enjoy making people feel bad about investing into a product that cost them a lot of money. It's not that. Go through his post and try to find the ad hominem argument. You can't.
On this phone, Beats is just a terrible implementation of an equalizer preset. It muddies music and quite frankly, if you've used professional cans or in-ear monitors that cost you over 300 dollars, you too would probably agree that Beats does terrible things to your music.

lowfatcreamcheese said:
On this phone, Beats is just a terrible implementation of an equalizer preset. It muddies music and quite frankly, if you've used professional cans or in-ear monitors that cost you over 300 dollars, you too would probably agree that Beats does terrible things to your music.
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Some songs I have that are recorded at 320kbps are reduced in sound quality. But for the majority of songs its actually an enhancement because of the low recording rate. Now I'm not saying its the best thing since ice cream or other activities but for the majority of people and equipment it actually does help. Just my 2 cents
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Honestly turn it off, buy poweramp and turn on srs enhancements and everything will change. Beats is a marketing gimmick. Just adds muddy bass.
Using ATH-M50s with a fiio e11 amp and all 320kbps or .flac files.
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Sorry but I work in audio and it is my professional opinion and that of practically everyone else in the industry that anything Beats is absolute garbage. Yes, it is entirely subjective what sounds good and what doesn't but I guarantee that not a single artist would tell you that their music is meant to be played through anything Beats. Well, except for a handful of rap artists but who cares about their opinions, amirite?
PSA- Beats is junk and lots of bass =/= good sound.
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Lol may i ask what you do it audio?

darktranquility18 said:
Honestly turn it off, buy poweramp and turn on srs enhancements and everything will change. Beats is a marketing gimmick. Just adds muddy bass.
Using ATH-M50s with a fiio e11 amp and all 320kbps or .flac files.
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Lol may i ask what you do it audio?
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I do residential and commercial audio system design/installation. Home theaters, distributed audio, listening rooms, etc... Been in the field for the better part of 15 years.

_MetalHead_ said:
I do residential and commercial audio system design/installation. Home theaters, distributed audio, listening rooms, etc... Been in the field for the better part of 15 years.
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I have a challenge for you
I have a very very very small crawlspace. (less than 24 inches) I have a flat roof
I want to hide my surround speaker wires.
annnnd
GO! (feel free to send me a PM )

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I have a challenge for you
I have a very very very small crawlspace. (less than 24 inches) I have a flat roof
I want to hide my surround speaker wires.
annnnd
GO! (feel free to send me a PM )
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PM sent.

_MetalHead_ said:
I do residential and commercial audio system design/installation. Home theaters, distributed audio, listening rooms, etc... Been in the field for the better part of 15 years.
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Thats pretty awesome. Ima PM you haha

Only time beats goes on is when I'm working out/running. Adds bass to electronic music. Anything else it stays off..
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I agree about beats being garbage it's a gimmick that only sounds good through head phones. I've ran my One X through a soundboard and got distorted waves play back and low volume with beats off and on. Same thing through a car jack switched to my wife's galaxy SII and it was crystal clear. Has anyone else noticed crummy sound quality with the One X?
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Daryl137 said:
I agree about beats being garbage it's a gimmick that only sounds good through head phones. I've ran my One X through a soundboard and got distorted waves play back and low volume with beats off and on. Same thing through a car jack switched to my wife's galaxy SII and it was crystal clear. Has anyone else noticed crummy sound quality with the One X?
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Use poweramp and playerpro and you should be good

Senhieser OMX 680 sport vs power beats by dr dre????

My stock samsung earphones broke today and i planned to get good pair. I dont have much idea about earphones. I know beats are expensive, but my queation here is are they worth getting.
I have heard a good deal of senhieser earphones and headphones. They are comparatively low priced but what about tge quality???
Need some reviews on both these products senhieser omx 680 sport or the powerbeats by dre????
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It's not as simple as that. You can read my guide and post there, but I'll break down the basics.
1: Beats, Bose, Skullcandy, any celebrity endorsed earphone is trash. You can buy much better for half the price.
2: In order to give recommendations, I need to know price range, in ear vs. over ear, genres you listen to, and whether or not you need a mic/remote.
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But still these are the two earphones i found most attractive. I know beats will be expensive. But i am scared if i go for senhieser and wont get the results i am expecting then i will loose my 50$.
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There are some very nice looking, good sounding headphones out there that you might not be aware of.
For on-ear, V-Moda M-80 and M-100 should be considered.
If you'd rather have Beats for the looks, then I'd recommend getting fakes. The real ones don't sound much better.
If you do care about sound, Sennheiser isn't bad at all, but without knowing a few things, I can't help make a good recommendation. I would love to help, though, I like spreading the joy of good audio recommendations.
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What do you say about he senheiser cx 300-II earphones??
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qazibasit said:
What do you say about he senheiser cx 300-II earphones??
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They're well liked by some, but at that price point, Sony MH1 or Brainwavz R1 would be much better, also Soundmagic E30. How much are you looking to spend and what music do you listen to? Need a lot of bass or clear and detailed?
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I am a rock and jazz listener. So wont be needing a jumbo size headphone.
A little sporty would be fine with me as well. Beats is way way too expensive and at a point where i am saving some buck for s4 or note 3. Its a better idea to go for a sennheiser earphone.
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I'd definitely look at the ones I mentioned, and if you want to go a little higher, hifiman/head-direct re-zero gets great reviews for crystal clear detail, Shure SE215 has superb mids, and Audio Technica CKS77 should be clear, with good but not overwhelming bass and a very wide soundstage.
I doubt you'd go wrong with any, but Brainwavz R1 might not have enough mids for you. They're a bit recessed.
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[Q] nexus4Sound quality headphones？

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Not sure what you mean
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High quality headphones My bad English 高音质的耳机 我很糟糕的英文
High quality headphones My bad English 高音质的耳机 我很糟糕的英文

Still not really sure what you want with this.
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SMillerNL said:
Still not really sure what you want with this.
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I think he mean good headphone or headset u recommend for nexus 4. Btw, I using stock nexus 4 headphone and had install viperaudiomod. Here the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191223
U can try that out, it's really good.

Try LG Quadbeat Special Edition. Quite good for it's price. Been rocking my Nexus 4 with this earphones for months already.

He mean headphone not earphones
Try Urbanears Plattan
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The Sony EX Series earbuds are fantastic, considering their price.

Klipsch S4a for me.
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Depending how much you wanna pay for headphone
First, install ViperFX
Then:
20-40$: Sennheiser mx 365 <---- best choice, recommended
50$<100$: Shure SE215 or Creative Aurvana Live, depending earbud or fullsize
Over 100$: dont know, i bought Beat Studio on X-mas sales 200$ but the sound quality is such, but it look nice =]]]]]]]]

I just use LG Quad Beats, they sound significantly better than the Beats Tours I owned.
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